ABOUt YURI

Yuri Catania is a Swiss-Italian visual artist.
(Milan, 1975) 

 

Contemporary visual artist who combines black-and-white photography and acrylic painting on calendared paper mounted on aluminum. His works, created with fluorescent and phosphorescent pigments, reveal themselves through multiple perceptual levels: daylight, UV light, darkness, and augmented reality transform the painting into an immersive experience.
At the center of his vision is Astro Girl, the woman astronaut protagonist of humanity's new frontier: a contemporary pioneer who embodies kindness, elegance, and strength, far from any stereotype. The painted flowers are not decoration but language: they come from the CasaGalleria garden in Rovio, where the artist has lived and worked since 2013, and represent a daily observation of nature that feeds creative thinking.
With the Yuri in Wonderland project, Catania builds a recognizable system that connects collectible works, site-specific urban installations, and 3D sculptural experiments. From his background as a fashion photographer (Vogue, Numéro, Harper's Bazaar, GQ) to visual art, each step is guided by the need to express beauty, wonder, and harmony between technology and nature.

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